John Autry
@johnautry.bsky.social
Husband, father, grandfather, film fan, music aficionado, life long learner, and retired member of the NC House of Representatives.
One of the most complete players the game of baseball has ever seen, Roberto Clemente, died this day in 1972.
#RobertoClemente
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#RobertoClemente
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December 31, 2025 at 8:31 PM
One of the most complete players the game of baseball has ever seen, Roberto Clemente, died this day in 1972.
#RobertoClemente
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#RobertoClemente
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December 30, 1971 - Daniel Ellsberg, a Defense Department analyst, and his colleague Anthony Russo were indicted by a federal grand jury for releasing the Pentagon Papers to the news media.
#DanielEllsberg #PentagonPapers
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#DanielEllsberg #PentagonPapers
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December 31, 2025 at 2:33 AM
December 30, 1971 - Daniel Ellsberg, a Defense Department analyst, and his colleague Anthony Russo were indicted by a federal grand jury for releasing the Pentagon Papers to the news media.
#DanielEllsberg #PentagonPapers
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#DanielEllsberg #PentagonPapers
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12/30/1936-Members of the United Automobile Workers sat down at a General Motors plant in Flint, Michigan. GM, the world’s largest corporation at the time, had refused to recognize or negotiate with the union,
#UAW
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#UAW
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December 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
12/30/1936-Members of the United Automobile Workers sat down at a General Motors plant in Flint, Michigan. GM, the world’s largest corporation at the time, had refused to recognize or negotiate with the union,
#UAW
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#UAW
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December 30, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon who incites political violence, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did 🩸🩸🩸
December 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon who incites political violence, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did 🩸🩸🩸
December 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
December 30, 1901 - The worst year in the 20th century for lynching in the U.S. ended with a total of 130 victims (105 blacks, 25 whites).
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December 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
December 30, 1901 - The worst year in the 20th century for lynching in the U.S. ended with a total of 130 victims (105 blacks, 25 whites).
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Reposted by John Autry
Is it bad that nobody justifiably believes anything Putin says while the President of the United States believes everything he says?
December 30, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Is it bad that nobody justifiably believes anything Putin says while the President of the United States believes everything he says?
December 29, 2025 at 10:01 PM
December 29, 1890 - The U.S. Army killed approximately 300 Lakota Sioux at Wounded Knee, in the new state of South Dakota. The 7th Cavalry (Custer's old command) fired their artillery amidst mostly unarmed women, children, and fleeing men.
#WoundedKnee
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December 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
December 29, 1890 - The U.S. Army killed approximately 300 Lakota Sioux at Wounded Knee, in the new state of South Dakota. The 7th Cavalry (Custer's old command) fired their artillery amidst mostly unarmed women, children, and fleeing men.
#WoundedKnee
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#WoundedKnee
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December 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"Luxury Liner" by Emmylou Harris released this day in 1976.
#EmmylouHarris #LuxuryLiner #VintageVinyl
#EmmylouHarris #LuxuryLiner #VintageVinyl
December 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
"Luxury Liner" by Emmylou Harris released this day in 1976.
#EmmylouHarris #LuxuryLiner #VintageVinyl
#EmmylouHarris #LuxuryLiner #VintageVinyl
Roebuck "Pops" Staples born on this day in 1914.
#PopsStaples
#PopsStaples
December 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Roebuck "Pops" Staples born on this day in 1914.
#PopsStaples
#PopsStaples
December 28, 1973 - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's “The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956” was published in Paris in the original Russian.
#AleksandrSolzhenitsyn
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#AleksandrSolzhenitsyn
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December 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
December 28, 1973 - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's “The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956” was published in Paris in the original Russian.
#AleksandrSolzhenitsyn
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#AleksandrSolzhenitsyn
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December 28, 1869 - The (Noble and Holy Order of the) Knights of Labor, a labor union formed by tailors in Philadelphia, held the first Labor Day ceremonies in American history.
#KnightsOfLabor
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December 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
December 28, 1869 - The (Noble and Holy Order of the) Knights of Labor, a labor union formed by tailors in Philadelphia, held the first Labor Day ceremonies in American history.
#KnightsOfLabor
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#KnightsOfLabor
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In 1956 Roger Vadim's "And God Created Woman" turned Brigitte Bardot into an international star while revolutionizing the foreign film market. Bardot dead at the age of 91.
#BrigitteBardot
#BrigitteBardot
December 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
In 1956 Roger Vadim's "And God Created Woman" turned Brigitte Bardot into an international star while revolutionizing the foreign film market. Bardot dead at the age of 91.
#BrigitteBardot
#BrigitteBardot
On this day in 1895 The Lumière Brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines, marking the debut of the cinema.
#LumièreBrothers #CinemaBirth
#LumièreBrothers #CinemaBirth
December 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
On this day in 1895 The Lumière Brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines, marking the debut of the cinema.
#LumièreBrothers #CinemaBirth
#LumièreBrothers #CinemaBirth
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Trump Renames JD Vance DJ Trump
December 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Trump Renames JD Vance DJ Trump
On this day in 1978 Chris Bell was killed in a car crash. At the age of 27 he became a member of the infamous 27 Club. A founding member of Big Star he left the band after the first album, "#1 Record". "I Am The Cosmos", released posthumously, was his sole solo work.
#ChrisBell #IAmTheCosmos
#ChrisBell #IAmTheCosmos
December 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
On this day in 1978 Chris Bell was killed in a car crash. At the age of 27 he became a member of the infamous 27 Club. A founding member of Big Star he left the band after the first album, "#1 Record". "I Am The Cosmos", released posthumously, was his sole solo work.
#ChrisBell #IAmTheCosmos
#ChrisBell #IAmTheCosmos
On this day in 1967 "John Wesley Harding" was released. For the second installment in his Nashville Trilogy, Dylan made a statement and rejected all that was psychedelic with this minimalistic offering.
#BobDylan #JohnWesleyHarding #VintageVinyl
#BobDylan #JohnWesleyHarding #VintageVinyl
December 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
On this day in 1967 "John Wesley Harding" was released. For the second installment in his Nashville Trilogy, Dylan made a statement and rejected all that was psychedelic with this minimalistic offering.
#BobDylan #JohnWesleyHarding #VintageVinyl
#BobDylan #JohnWesleyHarding #VintageVinyl
I wanted to play guitar because Elvis played the guitar. I didn't know at the time that the guitar I wanted to emulate was actually played by Scotty Moore. Born this day in 1931.
#ScottyMoore
#ScottyMoore
December 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I wanted to play guitar because Elvis played the guitar. I didn't know at the time that the guitar I wanted to emulate was actually played by Scotty Moore. Born this day in 1931.
#ScottyMoore
#ScottyMoore